Scabbard

CultureScythian
Titles
  • Scabbard
Date600–500 BC
MediumHammered gold
Dimensions10 3/8 × 2 1/8 × 7/16 in. (26.4 × 5.5 × 1.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Isabel B. and Wallace S. Wilson in honor of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2006.183
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
200 Jamail Atrium
On view

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Department
Antiquities
ProvenancePrivate collection, Cologne, Germany, before mid-1990s; purchased by [Robert Haber Ancient Art, New York, mid-1990s–2005]; purchased by Isabel B. Wilson (1931–2012), Houston, 2005–2006; given to MFAH, 2006.
Exhibition History"Arms and Armor from the Ancient World," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 17–July 29, 2007.

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